Not knowing the tools for your job is incompetence!

Imagine a Dentist who does not know about Dental Drill. How about a Plumber who does not know about a wrench? It sounds like they must be very incompetent! Not knowing the tools for your job is incompetence. However, for office jobs, we readily accept this...

We are not our job title!

Often, we label ourselves and others with a job title. I am a Senior Architect!I am a Doctor!She is a Receptionist! We are not our job title! We are much more profound and real. On the world’s stage, we are just playing our job role. We are not our job role! Let us...

How to beat selective listening by repetition?

We grow up, but we continue to be kids in many ways. Like kids, we selectively pay attention to the information that interests us. We smartly ignore the information that we don’t want to listen. So, how to deal with selective listening? How do we make sure staff...

Focus drives our energy! Where is your focus?

There can be multiple routes to a destination. Few routes are better than others. The question is, how do we find better ways to achieve our goal? Stop and think about your focus because our focus drives our energy! Suppose your goal can be to save money. Are you...

We all are artists! Let’s make amazing art!

We all are artists, making a small contribution to a big piece of art. We may be working or not; we still are artists. Our art is our work, support, leadership, coaching and service. To perform our art, we rely on the art of others. Similarly, others rely on our art....

Rituals without the right intentions are useless!

The value is within our intent; the rituals only help us consistently perform. Our daily, religious, workplace rituals serve the same purpose. They enforce us to show up regularly. However, if we have a weak intent, rituals add no value. Consider the world of the...
What is the simplest way to influence your team?

What is the simplest way to influence your team?

As leaders, we want to influence our teams. You may want them to be more bold, adaptive or resilient. You may like to see them working hard and learning new skills. So, what is the simplest way to influence your team? The simplest and most effective way is to start...